For liberty to expand, government must shrink. For the economy to grow, government must get out of the way.
How much liberty do with want to give up for a false sense of security?
We shouldn't be fearful of freedom, we shouldn't be fearful of individual liberty.
There comes a time, there comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer. That time is now and I will not let the Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic of acts go unchallenged.
We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white.
And when the time is right, I hope that African Americans will again look to the party of emancipation, civil liberty, and individual freedom.
Fear & complacency allow power to accumulate & liberty & privacy to suffer
There comes a time, in the history of Nations when fear and forgetfulness cause a nation to hesitate, to waver and perhaps even to succumb. When that time comes those who love liberty must rise to the occasion. Will you? Will you lovers of liberty, will you rise to the occasion?
Some in Washington say that you have to trade your liberty for security.